Washing-machine.



Patented lun 17, I902.

- L. B. BROOKS.

WASHING MACHINE.

Apialication filed Feb. 26, 1902.)

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No; 702,535. Patented lune l7, I902.

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WASHING MACHINE. (Application filed Feb. 26, 1902.

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UNITED STATES P TENT OFFICE.

LEONARD B. BROOKS, OF INDEPENDENCE, IOWA.

WASHING-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION formingm of-Lett'ers Patent No. 702,53 5, dated June '17, 1902. Application filed February 26,' 1902. Serial No. 95,768. (No model.)

edon and removed from a tub or other recep tacle and adapted to be rapidly and conveniently operated, whereby clothes are quickly and thoroughly washed.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and'pointed out in the claim hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a washing-machine constructed in accordance with this invention and shown applied to a tub. Fig. 2 is an enlarged verticaL sectional view of the washing-machine. Fig. 3 is a detail sectional View illustrating the manner of connecting the vertically-movable pounder with the operating-lever and the oscillating bar.

. Like numerals'of reference designate corresponding parts in all the figures of the drawlugs.

1 designates a vertically-movable clothespounder designed to be constructed in any preferred manner and provided at the top with a socket for the reception of a stem. 2,

which is adjustably secured within a clamp 3, and the said pounder-is adapted to force air and water through the clothes, wherebythe dirt isremoved therefrom. The clothespounder preferably consists of a conical shell, an inner vertical tube 4, and a diaphragm 5, arranged near the lower end of the tube and provided with flanges 6, forming pockets. The tube, which extends to within a short distance of the lower'edge of the conical shell, is provided at its top with openings communicating with the exterior of the shell and covered by semitubular guards or hooks ments 10 thereof.

7, which prevent the water from splashing on the operator. 1

The clamp 3, which is verticallyarranged, is tubular to receive the rounded stem, and it is provided with a clamping-screw 8 and has openings or cut-away portions above and below'the same. The central portion of the outer side of the clamp'isxprovided with a boss or enlargement arranged around the perforation for the clamping-screw. The stem of the pounder is constructed of wood and is provided with a metal 'plate 9, arranged to be engaged by the clam ping-screwtoenable the pounder to be securely clamped at any desired adjustment without injuring the stem. The ends of the clamp are provided withlugs or enlargements 10, forming flat faces and perforated for the reception of upper and lower pivots 11 ,and 12, which connect the clamp with an oscillating bar and with an opcrating-lever 14, the bar and the lever being arranged parallel with each other and adapted to oscillate in unison to move the pounder vertically. The pivots are connected at the threaded ends by a vertical plate or bar 15,

which forms a brace. The pivots 11 and 12 preferably consist of bolts having threaded .outer ends and having their inner ends 'or heads countersunk in the upper and lower ends of the clamp,'at the lugs or enlarge- The outer threaded ends of the pivots are provided with nuts, as

clearly shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings.

The inner ends of the bar 13 and the lever 14 are pivoted by boltslfi and 17 to the upper and lower ends of-"an upright clip 18,

which is approximately U-shaped in crosssect ionvand which is mounted on one of the side'sor le'gs'ofa U-shaped support 19. The leg 20 of the U -shaped support 19 is provided with flanges or collars 21 and 22, arranged above and below the clip 18 and adapted to hold the latter against vertical movement, and the sides ofithe clip are extended at the top and bottom to form perforated ears for the reception of the pivots 16 and-17 The clip is adapted to rotate on the arin or side of the support to enable ithepou'nder to be arranged over difie'rent portions of the tub, and the other side 24 of the U-shaped support is journaled or pivotally mounted, as

hereinafter explained, to cooperate with the clip to enable the pounder to be placed over any portion of the bottom of the tub or receptacle. The outer portion of the lever is shaped into a suitable handle or grip, and after the lever has been swung downward it is automatically raised by a contractile spring 25, located between the bar and the lever and secured at its inner or rear end to the bar at a point adjacent to the clip and at its outer end to the lever at a point beyond the clamp. When the leveris swung downward,the spring is distended and operates to raise the pounder when the pressure on the same is removed. By this construction the pounder is adapted to be rapidly operated to enable clothes and other fabrics to be quickly washed.

The rear side or leg of the U-shaped support is provided with a pair of horizontallydisposed bearing-plates 26 and 27, haviuginner and outer openings and fixed to the support, which is arranged in the inner openings. The outer bearing-openings 28 and 29 are arranged on a vertical pintle-rod 30, having upper and lower bearing portions and provided with upper and lower threaded ends 31 and 32. The upper end receives a nut 83, and the lower end is secured within a threaded socket 34E of an inverted-U-shaped clamp 35. The smooth bearing portions of the pintle-rod enable the bearing-plates to swing freely, and the nut eifectually prevents the support from becoming disengaged from the pintle rod when heavy pressure is applied to the operating-lever.

The inverted- U -shaped clamp, which is adapted to receive the upper edge of a tub or other receptacle, is provided at its outer side or jaw with a pair of clamping-screws,

and it is capable of enabling the washingmachine to be firmly and quickly mounted on a tub or other receptacle and of permitting the said washing mechanism to be readily removed.

What I claim is In a washing-machine, the combination of a clamp provided with means for engaging the upper portion of a tub and having an upwardly-extending threaded socket, an upright pintle rod provided with threaded ends, the lower end being arranged within the threaded socket of the clamp and rigidly connected therewith, the approximately U- shaped support provided at its rear leg with upper and lower bearing-plates having inner and outer openings and arranged adjacent to the upper and lower ends of the pintle-rod and receiving the latter in the outer openiugs, the rear leg of the support being arranged in the inner openings and the bearing-plates being fixed to the said leg, a nut arranged on the upper end of the pintle-rod and engaging the upper bearing-plate, a clip mounted on the front leg of the support, an operating-lever fulcrumed on the clip, an OS- cillating bar pivoted to the clip and arranged parallel with the lever, a pounder-receiving clamp connected with the bar and with the lever, and aspring for raising the clamp, the lever and the bar, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

LEONARD B. BROOKS.

Vitn esses:

J. M. LEARN, J. W. ELLICO'IT. 

